(1)  A writ for the holding of an election is to be in accordance with the prescribed form and is to –

(a) fix the day on or before which candidates for election are to be nominated; and

(b) in the case of –

(i) an Assembly election, fix the day on which polling for the election is to be held in the event of the election being contested; or

(ii) a Council periodic election, specify the day fixed by or in accordance with section 19(4) of the Constitution Act 1934 on which polling for the election is to be held in the event of the election being contested; or

(iii) a Council by-election, fix the day on which polling for the election is to be held in the event of the election being contested; and

(c) fix the day on or before which the writ is to be returned to the Governor.

(2)  For the purposes of this Act, a writ to which subsection (1) applies is taken to have been issued at 6 p.m. on the date on which the writ was issued.